I recently posted about Google’s major competition being the unknown, especially as it was blatantly documented in its latest annual eport. I expanded on that theme in my latest MediaPost SearchInsider column here. Here’s a flavor:
… Read the restThe golden age of mass media was perhaps best characterized by the peak in audience of the three big broadcast television networks.
Since my recent post on the demise of dead-tree media (print) as we know it today, I stumbled across three highly relevant stories during my Sunday/Monday media-business reading and listening. In fairness to the NYTimes and AdAge, who I cite below, these news organizations have made serious progress to grow way beyond their legacy of dead-tree media.… Read the rest
Google just launched Google Romance! Not. It’s the latest anticipated April Fools prank, but it’s not as good as Robert Scoble’s prank. But on a serious note, Google is a serious romance tool. It is perhaps the most used and most important tool among lonely hearts who: a) frequent dating Web sites, b) agree to go on a blind date or c) date at all, really.… Read the rest
Google recenly filed it’s 2005 annual report (Form 10-K). I was particularly drawn to the section on Competition, even though it was short. The first part is a no-brainer:
… Read the restWe face formidable competition in every aspect of our business, and particularly from other companies that seek to connect people with information on the web and provide them with relevant advertising.
The connection between consumer-generated media and search marketing is a topic of intense interest and debate among many of my colleagues. "CGM and search" was even its own panel topic earlier this week at the Search Engines Strategies conference in New York (which my colleague Pete Blackshaw participated in).… Read the rest
